Smyrna times., 1887-01-12
For The. Smyrna Times.
Our Dover Letter.
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

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The Legislature met yesterday after
noon at P. NJ, after a weeks vacation
and did nothing of any importance
except adlOurning shortly after meet
ing, which is of some import to the
taxpayers who pay the members So per
day for their arduous task of meeting
and adjourning.
The important questions that were
expected to be settled at Yesterdays
session were the Committees and the
Reading Clerkship of the House. The
hrst-named were expected to show the
leaning of the two different bodies:
that is, whether Wolcott or the Family
had captured the Speaker of the House.
and the latter was to blast the hopes of
several young men for a soft snap. But
both Houses adjourned without doing
anything except the offering of reso-
luton lnstructing the Clerk to furnish
the members with stationery, etc,
which may seem u small matter, but
when some of the articles allowed under
that head are named it may make those
who have the bill to bear wish that
there was less stationery distributed
among the members. Under the head
of stationery are classed pens, ink, post
age stamps, envelopes, paper, knives,
pocket-bo pencils, erasers, rules,
etc, all Of the best quality.
The Houses met again this morning
at IL o'clock, but the members don't
seem to think that it is their place to
make laws, but rather to send their
constituents documents, in which occu-
patton they were engaged till about u
o'clock, when the Speaker of the House
announced his Committees. The
Speaker of the Senate announced his
shortly afterwards. The following are
the Committees:
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Ways and Means-Ware. Taylor and
Mcgee. Privileges and Elections-Scotton. |
Perry and Mccoy. Judiciary NOrnev. |
Taylor and Wilson. Revised Statutes
Rust, Chandler, Harrington, NAPLES and |
Wilson Federal Reations-Temple. Per |
ry and Norney, Crimes and Punishments |
-Smalley, Magee and Lowber. Accounts |
Mccoy and Daisey. Claims |
Wilson, Temple and Medill Constitu- |
tional Reform Harrington, NAPLES and
Norney. Agrculture-Magee, Scotch |
and Mulligan. Municipal Corporations
Jones, Ware and Rust. Private Corpora
tions--Daisey. Jones, Chandler, Smally
and Magee. VitaS Statistics-Medill, Low
Der and Magee. Roads and Vacant Lands
Perry, Smalley and Allaband. Fish |
Oysters and Game-Lowber, Nornev and |
Printing -Mulligan, Jones
and Rust. Divorce-McCOy, Scotch, Ma
gee, Medill and Temple. Enrolled Bills
Taylor, Temple, Smalley, Rust, Allaband
and Mulligan. ducation-Chandler Daisy.
Wilson, Allaband and Ware. TEMPERANCE
- NAPLES, Chandler, JONES' Daisey and
Taylor.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
ACCOMPLISHMENT, Cooper and Dorman.
A griculture-Ferguson Lewis and Bacon
Cities and TOwns-Mc Whorter, Cooper
and Martin. ClOims-Dorman. Lewis and
Corporations-Lewis Me
Whorter and DOrman. DivOrce-Mc-
w Whorter, Bacon and Cooper. Education
Cooper, Martin and Ferguson. Elections
Ferguson, Cooper and Martin Enrolled
Bllls-Crossan, Ferguson. Cooper, Lewis.
Bacon and DOrman. Finance-Martin'
Ferguson and Cooper. Judiciary-Cooper.
Crossan and Bacon. Printing-Lewis'
and DOrman. Revised Stat
Cooper and Crossan Roads
md Highways Bacon, CrOssan and Lewis.
acant Lands-Dorman, Lewis and Fergu-
ION.
The Committees of the House show a
lecided Salisbury tendency, and the
WOlcott men are feeling rough over the
manner in which McCabe has treated
hem, as they claim, and rightly too,
hat he was elected Speaker by the
,otes of their men. OF course the COM.
nittees show plainly that McCabe is a s
Family man, and that the Family have
he House, thus giving Lore a fighting
.hance for the U. S. Senate.
The Senate is Wolcott all through,
md is a sure thing that Wolcott has
cored more than one point against
Jncle Eli for the latter's seat i'm the
United States Senate. =
Merris Taylor, of the EUery EUenin0,
vas appointed Reading Clerk of the
Iouse, which place he is we'll qualified ;
o fill
All the offices are now filed, and the n
ppOintees are breaking into their work e
cry nicely except the Sergeant-at- q
rms of the House, who, when told to .
istribute the postage stamps on the c
lembers' desks, left one solitary and e
,nely stamp on each desk. He should s.
ave some Civil Service injected into II
is mug" a
LEGISLATURE NOTES.
The very egotistical editorial of Mr. +
humphreys, of the EUely EUenin0. Of j.
londay last, created good deal Of :,
musement on the floor of the Honsa y
'-day at the expense Of the editor The y
Ike went round that Judge f" HIM y J;
hreys was coming down 10 run tbo &c
achine. Une
The State Treasurership is non, Of
Driving the patriots. There are % ~ a y
ast twenty-five men who wonId 4 Tta y eI